The area of Atasadero was once occupied by great herds of deer, antelope, and wild horses.

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CHEVRON STANDARD TEXA CARLTON HOTEL SPROUSE REET TA HALE AL EST ut's KER

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ATASCADERO, CALIFORNIA The area of Atascadero was once occupied by great herds of deer, antelope, and wild horses. However, by 1890 the plain and hills had become private property with many prosperous ranchers. Ata scad ero (Sp., bog) is rimmed by wooded hills, was conceived in 1913 as a model community, designed on paper to conform to uniform arch itect ual standards and laid out on a scale large enough to accommodate a metropolis. The lots were large so that residences were never close together. When the enterprise failed its great civic center became a school later to become a civic center again..M .P. PLACE STAMP HERE POST CARD Address C-356 Photo-color by Merle Porter S102142 & Published by Royal Pictures, Colton, California